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Thembisa Witbooi

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Thembisa Witbooi

If South Africa truly values the principles of dignity, equality and social justice on which its democracy was founded, then it must ensure that the very people who carried communities through crises are not left behind in the pursuit of reform.
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Do not abandon the Community Health Workers who carried South Africa through crisis

In the early years of South Africa’s democracy, as the country confronted one of the most devastating public health emergencies in its history, the government turned to an…

  • Thembisa Witbooi
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